The new pontiff is the first American on the throne. In the first speech, he called for the world and the "construction of bridges." What is known about him? The newly elected dad Lev XIV (in the center), Cardinal Robert Prev, after the election, Vatican, May 8, 2025. Photo: Ettore Ferrari / EPA The choice of the name of the new pontiff indicates the beginning of the return of the Catholic Church to conservative values.

He accepted the name of Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of the Basilica of St. Peter after his election in the Vatican, May 8, 2025. Photo: Luca Bruno / Ap Photo / Scanpix / Leta The Conclave chose the new Pope, it became the American cardinal Robert Prevo. This was reported in the Vatican. Preter accepted the name of Leo XIV. As CNN notes , he was the first pontiff from the USA in history. “Peace to you all.

Photo report "Victory!" On Pushkinskaya. It was there that before the war, street civil protests began most often. The photo correspondent of Novo-Europe, who has been studying propaganda posters from the beginning of Russia's invasion of Russia, walked along the streets in the center of Moscow on the eve of May 9. According to the correspondent’s estimates, the banners and advertisements filled the city by Victory Day, and shops and cafes hang out several posters at once.

Photo: Telegram channel George Filimonov The Governor of the Vologda Oblast Georgy Filimonov congratulated the 98-year-old war veteran Fedor Smirnov on his birthday, thanking him for preserving his memory of the "Great Patriotic Military Boyan." The official published a photograph of the letter in his telegram channel. Photo: Telegram channel George Filimonov The letter was sent on May 1, but Filimonov showed it only on May 8.

Mockery of Ukrainian prisoners, military and civilian, in the territory of the Russian Federation - outside the healthy human psyche. Report of human rights activists Ukrainian prisoners of war after exchange, January 15, 2025. Photo: EPA Taganrog. Guantanamo On April 29, 2025, a text that became part of the International Victoria Project was published in Ukrainian Pravda.

Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky / Telegram Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Ukraine’s Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism on 8 May with a powerful address , drawing a stark contrast between Ukraine’s commemoration and Russia’s militarised pageantry. Walking down Khreshchatyk, Kyiv’s main boulevard, Zelensky recalled the haunting silence of 24 February 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

The United States will apply against the Georgian Dream Act Megobari, which implies sanctions Participants in the demonstration in support of the Megobari law with Georgian and American flags, Tbilisi, Georgia, March 22, 2025. Photo: Sébastien Canaud / Nurphoto / Shutterstock / Rex Features / Vida Press The problems of democracy in Georgia united the Republicans and Democrats in the United States - in Congress supported the bill called Megobari.

Photo: SOTAvision The wives, sisters and mothers of men mobilised to fight in Ukraine have announced plans to stage a silent protest on Friday to highlight the human cost of a war they see as unjust and unwanted, independent news channel SOTAvision reported on Thursday. Grassroots group The Way Home has called on citizens across the country to lay flowers at key war memorials at exactly noon local time as Russia marks Victory Day.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA-EFE/VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL A unilateral ceasefire declared by Vladimir Putin came into effect at midnight on 8 May, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II. The 72-hour truce is scheduled to last until midnight on Saturday, according to the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin, photo: Telegram channel of the Kremlin From midnight on May 8, a truce announced by Vladimir Putin began unilaterally between Russia and Ukraine. On April 28, Putin said that Russia will suspend all the fighting with Ukraine from midnight May 8 to midnight May 11 in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky rejected Putin’s proposal, insisting that the ceasefire should act for less than 30 days.

Donald Trump explains the new shades of foreign policy of Donald Trump. Donald Trump on the Northern Lazhaka of the White House, Washington, USA, April 23, 2025. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA The United States refuses the role of an intermediary in negotiations of Ukraine and Russia, allowing them to deal with each other. This was announced on May 2 by the representative of the State Department Tammy Bruce.

Darya Kheikinen. Photo: Bumaga A court in St. Petersburg has placed a 21-year-old activist under arrest for eight days for displaying “extremist symbols” over an online post featuring a photo of murdered Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, local independent news outlet Bumaga reported from court on Wednesday. Darya Kheikinen, who used to run the St.

Novyevropa recalls the chronicle of events On May 9, the Victory Parade will be held in Moscow - one of the main events of the year for Vladimir Putin. Before the May holidays, Putin proposed to declare a truce in the war unleashed for him for three days - from May 8 to 10. But Ukraine refused, suggesting in response to declare a 30-day truce immediately, without waiting for the indicated dates. This idea was already rejected in the Kremlin. Why Putin needs a truce by May 9?

How have Putin’s Victory Day speeches evolved over the past quarter of a century? Vladimir Putin marks the 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat on Moscow’s Red Square in 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE / SERGEI GUNEYEV Most Russians still consider Victory Day, when the country celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on 9 May, to be the most important holiday of the year.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives to attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, 7 May 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/GRIGORY SYSOEV/HOST PHOTO AGENCY RIA NOVOSTI Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday as Vladimir Putin’s “guest of honour” as foreign leaders gathered in the Russian capital ahead of the Victory Day parade on 9 May.